Car crosses traffic lanes on Court, strikes parked '83 Oldsmobile

SAGINAW, MI — A motorist crossed several lanes of traffic while driving westbound on Court in Saginaw, crashing head on with a parked car.

The driver of the SUV was taken to a nearby hospital for observation, according to officer Sal Salazar with the Saginaw Police Department.

No one was in the parked vehicle at the time of the incident around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27.

The woman was westbound on Court in her silver Chrysler SUV when it struck a cream-colored, 1983 Oldsmobile 98 Regency parked on the eastbound side of the street, Salazar said.

Police are investigating how the crash occurred and haven't ruled out that the driver may have had a medical emergency, he said.

Larry Mackie, the owner of the Oldsmobile, said he had left the car parked along Court to go have breakfast with his family. He had owned the car for a little more than a year and watched as the damaged vehicle was loaded onto a wrecker.

"I'm sure going to miss that car," Mackie said.

RJ Wolcott is a reporter for MLive/The Saginaw News. Contact him at 989-280-3850, or by email at rwolcott@mlive.com